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ing to Titus Livius. The early-16th-century Milleflori tapestry, Archbishop Wolf Diet-
rich's gold-embroidered pontifical shoe and Flemish tapestries are among other attention-
grabbers.
Salzburg's famous 35-bell
glockenspiel
, which chimes daily at 7am, 11am and 6pm, is on
the western flank of the Neue Residenz. You can ascend the tower on a behind-the-scenes
€3/2.50; 9am-5pm)
next door to the Salzburg Museum. The Panorama Museum is Johann
Michael Sattler's 360-degree painting of Salzburg as it was in 1829. The museum plays
host to rotating exhibitions, such as one on the real life of the von Trapp family.
Dom
(Domplatz; 8am-7pm Mon-Sat, 1-7pm Sun)
Gracefully crowned by a bulbous copper dome and
twin spires, the Dom stands out as a masterpiece of baroque art. Italian architect Santino
Solari redesigned the cathedral during the Thirty Years' War and it was consecrated in
1628. Its origins, though, date to an earlier cathedral founded by Bishop Virgil in 767.
Bronze portals symbolising faith, hope and charity lead into the cathedral. In the nave, in-
tricate stucco and Arsenio Mascagni's ceiling frescoes recounting the Passion of Christ
guide the eye to the polychrome dome. For more on the history, hook onto one of the free
guided tours at 2pm from Monday to Friday.
Sun May-Oct)
is a treasure trove of sacred art. A visit whisks you past a cabinet of Renais-
sance curiosities crammed with crystals, coral and oddities such as armadillos and puffer-
fish, through rooms showcasing gem-encrusted monstrances, stained glass and al-
tarpieces, and into the Long Gallery, which is graced with 17th- and 18th-century paint-
ings, including Paul Troger's chiaroscuro
Christ on the Mount of Olives
(c 1750). From
the organ gallery, you get close-ups of the organ Mozart played and a bird's-eye view of
the Dom's nave.
CATHEDRAL
PALACE
Residenz
(
www.residenzgalerie.at
; Residenzplatz 1; combined ticket state rooms & gallery adult/child €9/3; 10am-5pm)
Nowhere is the pomp and circumstance of Salzburg more tangible than at the regal Res-
idenz. A man of grand designs, Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, prince-archbishop of
